Jan 1, 2025 · The coming year could mark major change for Long Beach, including massive infrastructure projects ahead of the Olympics. But it will also be a test of how the city is handling long-running issue like its homelessness and hiring crises.

After much community feedback, Long Beach Pride will be held on the third week of May next year—the time it had been celebrated for more than three decades before the COVID-19 pademic hit.

Jan 1, 2024 · 2023 was a big year for planning major projects that could change how Long Beach looks in the future.

Dec 3, 2024 · This story is available for republication. Please see our policy here. Shrinking oil revenues and a questionable future for federal disaster aid have prompted Long Beach officials to halt reconstruction on an aging seawall that shields the Naples Island community.

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Oct 7, 2024 · The aftermath of an explosion in a back house near 28th Street and Gale Avenue in Long Beach on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.

Dec 31, 2024 · The city of Long Beach has agreed to pay a $1 million settlement to a man who spent nearly four decades in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of a 1982 Long Beach murder.

Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the explosion that destroyed an Ohio Avenue home in Signal Hill, but they suspect it might be a methane leak, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department official.

Nov 6, 2024 · If it cost money, Tuesday’s voters were buying. Tax proposals in Los Angeles County and in the city of Long Beach were off to strong starts in early returns Tuesday night, in the first sign that Southern California is willing to pay more in taxes in exchange for more homelessness programs, more affordable homes and an easier transition away from oil revenues funding core city services.